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BUILDING CORRECTLY
From time to time I get emails asking about how correct are the Hawken, Leman or Trapper
Pistols offered when compared to the originals? If we reproduced an exact rifle, no one could
afford the costs or would question some of the details. Remember those antique originals had
many mistakes when compared from one to the other. The parts and labor were invested and if
the mistake didn't hurt the operation they sent the firearms out. Here was were you find different
variations in construction (little changes) but still built under that makers name.
That said here's an interesting article written by Dr. Gary White years ago about the Hawken
rifle, differences, finishes and other noteables about these original guns he played with,
inspected and shot.
The Truly Traditional Hawken
When Jake and Sam Hawken left their Maryland home in the 1820’s for St Louis, they did so for
the same